Derek Tracy
@derektracy.bsky.social
Chief Medical Officer of South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Adjunct Professor at the IoPPN, & Honorary Prof at Brunel Med School. Editorial Board at the BJPsych. https://slam.nhs.uk/trust-board/?consultant=737
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Derek Tracy
@derektracy.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Our textbook 'A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Coroner's Court & Inquests' is out now from CUP/RCPsych. 20% off to College members: www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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📣 Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic improvement.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Learning from Preventable Deaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic im...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📣 Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic improvement.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@derektracy.bsky.social #MDDUS
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@derektracy.bsky.social #MDDUS
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay we sharing the work of our mental health network - @derektracy.bsky.social CMO of NHS Maudsley recently spoke about his work with the COVID Nightingale Hospitals and the mental health implications of the pandemic for NHS staff
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Northern Mental Health Network - Professor Derek Tracey
YouTube video by Northern Health Science Alliance
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October 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
On #WorldMentalHealthDay we sharing the work of our mental health network - @derektracy.bsky.social CMO of NHS Maudsley recently spoke about his work with the COVID Nightingale Hospitals and the mental health implications of the pandemic for NHS staff
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
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We're delighted to see this paper about the journey to create VIEWER. At the Maudsley Charity, we've been pleased to fund continued development of this digital tool, now called Locating Useful Clinical Information (LUCI). Find out more here: maudsleycharity.org/case-studies...
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We're delighted to see this paper about the journey to create VIEWER. At the Maudsley Charity, we've been pleased to fund continued development of this digital tool, now called Locating Useful Clinical Information (LUCI). Find out more here: maudsleycharity.org/case-studies...
Our open-access paper on #LUCI, our new NLP that sits over our EPR allowing real-time whole population data extraction from single clincian to team to service. Enormous care & research potential: informatics.bmj.com/content/32/1/e… collaborators: @kingsioppn.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our open-access paper on #LUCI, our new NLP that sits over our EPR allowing real-time whole population data extraction from single clincian to team to service. Enormous care & research potential: informatics.bmj.com/content/32/1/e… collaborators: @kingsioppn.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social
My thoughts on the past quarter century and next 25 years for mental health services: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kingsioppn.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My thoughts on the past quarter century and next 25 years for mental health services: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kingsioppn.bsky.social
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Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
May 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
Still time to book on our @rcpsych.bsky.social conference 'A new era in leadership, with great speakers including @suhana.bsky.social. Details here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
A New Era of Leadership
Detail page.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Still time to book on our @rcpsych.bsky.social conference 'A new era in leadership, with great speakers including @suhana.bsky.social. Details here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
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This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
It's getting closer! Our Royal Society of Medicine conference on why evolution matters to psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Details: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/psych...
April 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
It's getting closer! Our Royal Society of Medicine conference on why evolution matters to psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Details: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/psych...
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Im running a leg in the Belfast marathon with some awesome Perinatal CMHT peeps for Action Postpartum Psychosis
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Perinatal CMHT fundraiser for APP
Help Karen Smyth raise money to support APP
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April 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Im running a leg in the Belfast marathon with some awesome Perinatal CMHT peeps for Action Postpartum Psychosis
www.justgiving.com/page/perinat...
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The IoPPN Research Festival is back! Join us on 14 May for a afternoon session to learn the latest innovative research from our staff, from ethical #ai in healthcare to reproducing psychedelic effects with a placebo.
#NeuroSky #MedSky #AcademicSky
Register now:
#NeuroSky #MedSky #AcademicSky
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IoPPN Research Festival 2025 - Bridging disciplines, brain to behaviour
An annual showcase of exciting and innovative research celebrating academic success across the IoPPN.
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The IoPPN Research Festival is back! Join us on 14 May for a afternoon session to learn the latest innovative research from our staff, from ethical #ai in healthcare to reproducing psychedelic effects with a placebo.
#NeuroSky #MedSky #AcademicSky
Register now:
#NeuroSky #MedSky #AcademicSky
Register now:
This Thursday, online and in person at the Medicolegal Society London, Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury gives a clinicans' guide to the Coroner's court: www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk
The Medico-Legal Society
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April 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This Thursday, online and in person at the Medicolegal Society London, Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury gives a clinicans' guide to the Coroner's court: www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk
Wonderful #SLAM consultant inpatient away-day. Thankful to have such thoughtful, patient-centred colleagues. Lots of ideas for change. Thanks to pharmacy, liaison, & community forensic leaders for joining, & our AMDs & QI team for planning. #GratefulCMO
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wonderful #SLAM consultant inpatient away-day. Thankful to have such thoughtful, patient-centred colleagues. Lots of ideas for change. Thanks to pharmacy, liaison, & community forensic leaders for joining, & our AMDs & QI team for planning. #GratefulCMO
A visit to our Croydon North & Croydon South CMHTs at Jeanette Wallace House this morning, and how lovely to meet a team member I worked with as a higher trainee 20 (🙈) years ago.
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A visit to our Croydon North & Croydon South CMHTs at Jeanette Wallace House this morning, and how lovely to meet a team member I worked with as a higher trainee 20 (🙈) years ago.
Thank you to our Bethlem CAMHS inpatient teams for showing me around yesterday. Really helpful to hear from patients & staff on what's working well & where we need to improve. Inspiring seeing the co-located Ofsted outstanding Maudsley & Bethlem school.
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thank you to our Bethlem CAMHS inpatient teams for showing me around yesterday. Really helpful to hear from patients & staff on what's working well & where we need to improve. Inspiring seeing the co-located Ofsted outstanding Maudsley & Bethlem school.
Always sunny in Lambeth... thank you to the patients & staff on our Lambeth Early Onset ward for showing me around, telling me what's going well, and where we need to do better. Compassion in our care emphasised by all.
March 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Always sunny in Lambeth... thank you to the patients & staff on our Lambeth Early Onset ward for showing me around, telling me what's going well, and where we need to do better. Compassion in our care emphasised by all.
A privilege to be at the RCPsych yesterday to celebrate the life & work of Dr Aggrey Burke, & hear from the outstanding three medical students awarded the inaugural Fellowship named after him. The first Black Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK, his legacy in deep & enduring.
March 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A privilege to be at the RCPsych yesterday to celebrate the life & work of Dr Aggrey Burke, & hear from the outstanding three medical students awarded the inaugural Fellowship named after him. The first Black Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK, his legacy in deep & enduring.
Thank you to Professor Emmanuel Peters & her PICuP team for showing me around this afternoon. The Psychological Interventions Clinic for outpatients with Psychosis has set an international standard for developing & delivering their evidence-based care models & training.
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thank you to Professor Emmanuel Peters & her PICuP team for showing me around this afternoon. The Psychological Interventions Clinic for outpatients with Psychosis has set an international standard for developing & delivering their evidence-based care models & training.
Our chapter on inpatient treatment is now out in the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health. Thanks to the chapters first author, & my old mentor Dr Frank Holloway for leading this throughout 🙏
academic.oup.com/book/59676
academic.oup.com/book/59676
February 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our chapter on inpatient treatment is now out in the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health. Thanks to the chapters first author, & my old mentor Dr Frank Holloway for leading this throughout 🙏
academic.oup.com/book/59676
academic.oup.com/book/59676
Thank you to our SLAM adult eating disorders' team for meeting & taking me through our care models. World leading research, one of the greatest concentrations of expertise in the world, but always person-centred in approach. Grateful to work with such wonderful clinicians.
February 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Thank you to our SLAM adult eating disorders' team for meeting & taking me through our care models. World leading research, one of the greatest concentrations of expertise in the world, but always person-centred in approach. Grateful to work with such wonderful clinicians.
A belated thanks to our Lambeth drug & alcohol team for showing me around on Friday. Supporting individuals with opioid, non-opioid & alcohol, & criminal/justice problems, the team will take walk-in self-referrals, & there's no waiting list. Do drop in if we can help.
February 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A belated thanks to our Lambeth drug & alcohol team for showing me around on Friday. Supporting individuals with opioid, non-opioid & alcohol, & criminal/justice problems, the team will take walk-in self-referrals, & there's no waiting list. Do drop in if we can help.
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How does #depression alter the brain?
New research has that, when given external stimuli, depressed brains process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
Click the link to learn more 👇
#IoPPNNews
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mri-des...
New research has that, when given external stimuli, depressed brains process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
Click the link to learn more 👇
#IoPPNNews
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mri-des...
New MRI study reveals altered brain activity in depressed adolescents while watching 'Despicable Me'
The brains of adolescents with depression process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How does #depression alter the brain?
New research has that, when given external stimuli, depressed brains process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
Click the link to learn more 👇
#IoPPNNews
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mri-des...
New research has that, when given external stimuli, depressed brains process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
Click the link to learn more 👇
#IoPPNNews
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mri-des...
Best views from the SLAM liaison team base at St Thomas's Hospital. Thank you to our CAMHS, working age adults, older adults, & neuropsychiatry teams for showing me around, & to GSTT colleagues for discussing challenges from the acute perspective.
February 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Best views from the SLAM liaison team base at St Thomas's Hospital. Thank you to our CAMHS, working age adults, older adults, & neuropsychiatry teams for showing me around, & to GSTT colleagues for discussing challenges from the acute perspective.
Visited our #SLAM national Self-Harm Out-Patient Sevice (SHOPS) yesterday. A unique evidence-based model providing 2 years intensive longer-term psychotherapy for adults experiencing complex & enduring problems relating to self-harm or other forms of self-destructiveness.
February 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Visited our #SLAM national Self-Harm Out-Patient Sevice (SHOPS) yesterday. A unique evidence-based model providing 2 years intensive longer-term psychotherapy for adults experiencing complex & enduring problems relating to self-harm or other forms of self-destructiveness.
Really moved by a visit on Friday to our SLAM START team for individuals who are homeless. An incredibly passionate & dedicated team doing the right thing day in & out with some of the most vulnerable people. Thank you Dr Jenny Drife & team ❤️.
February 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Really moved by a visit on Friday to our SLAM START team for individuals who are homeless. An incredibly passionate & dedicated team doing the right thing day in & out with some of the most vulnerable people. Thank you Dr Jenny Drife & team ❤️.